Two new data reports highlight increasing median home prices and decreasing affordable homeownership opportunities.
Read More »AmeriHome Revives Plans for IPO
The residential mortgage lender and servicer has revived its IPO plans with a blank filing, making it the first mortgage company to announce plans to go public in 2021.
Read More »Racial Inequality in Home Values is Narrowing
The home-value gap between communities of color and the typical American home remains pronounced, but a report from Zillow.com shows the disparity is shrinking. For Black- and Latinx-owned ...
Read More »The Revival of Non-QM Lending
The sector was hit hard in 2020—now, non-QM leaders discuss how to not only bring it back but see it thrive in 2021. Editor's note: This story originally appeared in the January edition of MReport.
Read More »Next Steps in Nonbank Mortgage Servicing Oversight
Improving safety and soundness in this sector requires more than "prudential regulation" according to housing advocates.
Read More »Pending Home Sales Report: Uptick in Contract Signings
Here’s what economists attribute the increase to, and why they describe the winter housing market as “incredibly swift."
Read More »Washington Leads States With Most Competitive Homebuying Cities
Relatively affordable Seattle-area suburbs top a new list of U.S. cities drawing the most competition among aspiring homeowners.
Read More »FHFA: Potential Changes for Appraisal Process
The agency has requested comment, and administrators say the feedback will inform how they will "modernize appraisals to improve both loan quality and the origination process."
Read More »Luxury Property Purchases Surpass Records
Low- and middle-income Americans "aren’t out of the woods when it comes to this recession," economists point out, but affluent Americans are, and they are driving record gains in the sales of top-dollar homes.
Read More »The American Dream is Becoming Less Affordable
The American Dream of homeownership is becoming more cost-prohibitive than ever, especially in the country's largest and most in-demand cities, according to Point2. And the researchers there don't expect ...
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